Millennium Villages

May 14

Pampaida: A Model of Rural Development in Nigeria

By Bala Yusuf Yunusa

Since inception, the Pampaida Millennium Village has achieved many successes.

May 21

A Legendary Night for Charity

By John McArthur

This past Tuesday, I had the pleasure of attending a dinner event to mobilize support for the Show Me Campaign.

Jun 02

Matt Damon Visits Mayange

By Katrina Kahl

On a recent fact finding mission in Rwanda, Matt Damon and a team from ONEXONE – a nonprofit foundation that supports the work of Millennium Promise – visited the Mayange Millennium Village.

Jun 10

World Environment Day in the Mbola Village Cluster

By Gerson Isaac Nyadzi

In Tanzania, the World Environment Day (5th June 2009) was marked nationally in Tabora town where the Guest of Honour was Hon Dr Ally Mohamed Shein, the Vice President of the United Republic of Tanzania.

Jun 19

Medical Equipment Donated to Ruhiira

By Shakilah Bint Shiekh

Martins Okongo, opens the boxes General Electric (GE), the multi-national American technology and services conglomerate, has entered into a partnership with the Millennium Villages project (MVP) in Ruhiira, as a sign of its commitment to supporting Uganda to achieve the health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Jul 13

A New Approach to Global Problem-Solving

By John McArthur

Last week’s G8 Summit underscored the extent to which leaders around the world are straining to manage a flood of concurrent crises.

Aug 10

Bagfuls of Care

By Joelle Bassoul Mojon

The glitzy New York fashion scene and the muddy hills of a poor Ugandan village may seem worlds apart, but a backpack is bringing them closer.

Sep 15

Carleton University students fund Millennium Promise with tuition fee

By Bryan Turner

Instead of fundraising, last year at Carleton University, Students To End Extreme Poverty campaigned to get a question to referendum whereby students would vote on whether or not they would pay an extra $6 per person annually in tuition fees to help finance a Millennium Village.

Sep 25

The Millennium Promise Partners’ Meeting, Obama & the MDG’s

By John McArthur

This has been a terrific week for Millennium Promise, for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and – most importantly – for the hopes of communities and families living in extreme poverty around the world.

Sep 29

Partners’ Meeting notes from Project FEED

By Ellen Gustafson

Just as September and the UN General Assembly are getting the fall off to a running start, the Millennium Promise Partners Meeting was a great harbinger of progress in Africa for the months to come.

Oct 30

Ethiopian Parliamentarians on MDG tour visit Kenya and Uganda MV’s

By Margaret Wanjiku & Shakilah Bint Shiekh

For the first time ever, more than 35 Ethiopian Parliamentarians took a two-week long tour in Kenya and Uganda in October 2009 to learn more about their counterparts’ efforts towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the region.

Nov 18

Dertu promoted to the administrative status of regional Division

By Ahmed Mohamed

May 2009 was a turning point for the people of the Millennium Village of Dertu, Northern Kenya.

Dec 04

‘The MVP have opened up the eyes of people,’ says Kenya’s Prime Minister

By Joelle Bassoul Mojon

Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga hailed the Millennium Villages Project’s (MVP) achievements in his country, at a meeting in Nairobi with a high-level Ethiopian delegation.

Dec 21

High level Korean delegation witnesses achievements in Ruhiira

By Shakilah Bint Shiekh

A high level Korean delegation visited the Millennium Village of Ruhiira, Uganda, on December 9, to witness achievements made possible by the partnership between the Government of Korea and Millennium Promise.

Feb 01

Encouraging new MDG commitments at Davos

By John McArthur

Along with a number of partners, my main objective at Davos last week was to help ensure the global challenges of extreme poverty and the Millennium Development Goals received as much practical attention as possible.

Feb 02

Director General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization visits Potou Millennium Village

By Serigne Tacko Kandji

On Monday 22 January, 2010, the Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Jacques Diouf, visited the Community Garden of Gabane Wolof located in the Potou Millennium Village cluster.

Apr 13

Millennium Promise Japan: Using sport to connect schoolchildren in Japan and Uganda

By Naomi Handa-Williams

Through sports, we can connect without words, and it is upon this belief that Japan-based NGO Amitie was founded, and they use this idea as a means of realising their vision of promoting development and cross-cultural understanding.

May 27

Millennium Villages highlighted at the 3rd States General of Development Cooperation in Belgium

By MILLENNIUM PROMISE STAFF

“The Millennium Development Goals: How to step up the efforts?” was the central theme of the 3rd “States General”, which took place in Brussels on May 4, 2010.

Jun 08

Scaling Up the Millennium Villages Program in Mali

By Ibrahim Diallo

Initiative 166 Council Day, a special event organized by Mali’s Commission for Food Security and its partners, was celebrated on 14-16 April 2010 in Bamako and Segou.

Aug 17

Faith’s story of hope: Towards virtual elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV

By Philip Wambua

It is 10:50 am on a cloudless August day in Western Kenya. The HIV and AIDS Counselor from Sauri Health Centre and I have taken the short drive to the home of Lilian Awino Adhiambo, a 32 year old mother of 6 children aged 9 months to 13 years.

Apr 14

UNAIDS and MVP review the first results of their partnership

By Philip Wambua & Yanis Ben Amor

Teams from the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) and several UN bodies met in Nairobi in February to review the progress registered so far in the partnership launched a year ago between UNAIDS and the Project.

Oct 15

Unilever and Millennium Villages Project Promote Handwashing

By MVP

Improving hygiene and hand-washing habits will be part of a new WASH program in the MVP.

Aug 27

Beautiful Breckenridge

By Nina Sharma

Nina Sharma, Director of Individual Partnerships (and cycling enthusiast!), shares her perspective from Breckenridge, CO.

Aug 25

Incredible Partnership, An Opportunity of a Lifetime

By Bill Rigler

The UPCC organizing team has gone miles out of their way to promote Millennium Promise at this years race in Colorado. This historic partnership should serve as a model for other pro-level sporting events in the US.

Aug 26

Tommy Hilfiger Shirts are a Hit!

By Johnny Falla

Get 'em before they're gone! These shirts are flying off the shelves here in Colorado!

Aug 25

With Ever Larger Crowds, Vail Brings New Visibility to MP's Message

By Johnny Falla

Vail brings new energy, even larger crowds for the USA Pro Cycling Challenge for Millennium Promise.

Aug 24

Aspen: Where Passing is Synonymous with Independence.

By Jessica Masira

Jessica is the Team Leader for Sauri Millennium Village (Kenya). This is her first trip to the USA and she'll be blogging with us this week on the go from the USA Pro Cycling Challenge for Millennium Promise.

Aug 22

Ready. Set. Go! We're Here Live at the USA Pro Cycling Challenge for Millennium Promise!

By Erin Greenberg

We're all set up and ready to go here in Colorado Springs. Kicking off the USA Pro Cycling Challenge for Millennium Promise and hoping to raise a ton of awareness for our work with the Millennium Villages Project in sub-Saharan Africa!

Aug 23

Local Towns Celebrate USA Pro Cycling Challenge for Millennium Promise

By Johnny Falla

Today we're climbing from 6,000 to nearly 9,000 feet in the Colorado Rockies--hear about how residents of Salida, Colorado are prepping for the race.

Feb 02

Sauri Looks Back on Five Years of Success

By Salome Munyendo

Located in Western Kenya, Sauri was the first Millennium Village (MV) to see the light in 2005. Five years on, the project area has grown to nearly 70,000 people and has registered numerous successes in its multi-sectoral approach.

Feb 22

Innovative Tropical Laboratory in the Middle of the Ghanaian Rainforest

By Nela Berlanga & Yanis Ben Amor

When I arrived to the Bonsaaso Millennium Villages Project (MVP) site, my first impressions regarding the status of healthcare delivery were above expectations: I was pleasantly surprised about the great work that MVP and the Ghana Health Service had carried out in this cluster.

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